While spring hasn't officially begun – that starts with the vernal equinox on March 20 – so far as summer visitor birds go, it was already underway before February ended, one ornithologist says.
Geographically, the United States is a massive country, the third largest in the world. Along with size comes a wide ...
The changes in the natural world, associated with the advance of spring, are triggered by an increase in average temperatures ...
The red-flanked bluetail has appeared at a park near the Potomac River, marking only the second time the species has been ...
Millions of birds invisibly migrate through the night sky each autumn, most flying in near silence toward their wintering ...
My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...
Bee-eater birds are stunningly colorful, but their diet of bees and other insects puts them at odds with humans.
Zim Bog attracts birders from around the world. They flock there hoping to spot owls, hawks and rare songbirds that spend ...
BirdCast shares a three-day forecast for the migration as well as a live map of the migration. Clicking through the three-day forecast can help birders plan ahead for the next few days. The BirdCast ...